...occasional halt to give weary, foot-sore soldiers a chance to boil a cup of coffee. But I never, in these weary years, experienced a conflict with the elements that could be compared with that of the two nights and one day that I passed on the banks of Cylinder Creek." It was near this...

...four days and nights in succession, with only an occasional halt to give the weary, foot-sore soldier a chance to boil a cup of coffee. But I never in those...could be compared with the two nights and one day on Cylinder Creek. After crossing the creek on Monday morning, we went to the Shippey house, some two...

...four days and nights in succession, with only an occasional halt to give the weary, foot-sore soldier a chance to boil a cup of coffee. But I never in all those weary years experienced a conflict with the elements that could be compared with the two...

...army with which I was connected marched from Cairo to Chattanooga, from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and from Atlanta to the sea, from the sea through the...our breakfast. From this time forward no order of march was observed, but each man found his way home to suit himself. I followed down the river, in...